Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Hmmmm... interesting. Approaching jump back from jump through.

Have been wrapped up with idoru2005 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFJTJOAyZfM and Sharaths jump through. The way they hardly seem to jump into it at all. they seem to hop up a little and then move parallel and through. Have been trying this tonight and can pass through hardly brushing the floor. But what's really interesting is holding the passing through and lowering down. Now hold that in your head and muscle memory and do it in reverse ie. picking up and jumping back trying to keep it almost exactly the same as when you jumped through. Found it much easier...still brushing the floor and it wouldn't work on my sticky mat but I could kind of get an idea of what's going on. Keep trying it back and forth but really slowly. Interesting. Will try to add a video of this late to illustrate what i mean.

A Reminder

from Kalama sutra, translation from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi This blog included.

"So, as I said, Kalamas: 'Don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, "This contemplative is our teacher." When you know for yourselves that, "These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to harm & to suffering" — then you should abandon them.' Thus was it said. And in reference to this was it said.

"Now, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness' — then you should enter & remain in them. Buddha - Kalama Sutta